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Lilies Details

1996

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A Catholic bishop is taken hostage in a prison by his boyhood friend, Simon, in 1952. Simon forces his boyhood friend to reenact the events that shaped both their lives forty years earlier. This intriguing love story won Best Canadian Film at the Montreal Film Festival, 4 Genie Awards (including Best Film), and Best Film at the .. Read more

Starring	Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux
Director	John Greyson
Genres	Drama

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Lilies

Starring	Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux
Director	John Greyson
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1996 To Rent: DVD: 06 Sep 2004

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- "...This intelligent, beautiful, innovative movie... Not since the 60s masterpieces by Bertolucci and Coppola has there been such an exquisite display of voluptuous filmmaking..."
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- - Wasington City Paper
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
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- - 13
  - 1
  Beautiful and haunting
  
  Although I needed to watch twice to understand exactly what was going on, I highly recommend one of the best gay themed stories it's been my pleasure to see... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 23 Jan 2005 at 18:38
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- - 0
  - 0
  Was this a better play
  
  I was left wondering whether this would have been better in the play format than the treatment given here. I also wish the director had kept a tighter reign on ... read more »
  
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- - OscarFreak
  - 244 reviews
  - London
  - 17 May 2011 at 14:42
- - 0
  - 0
  More Millivers dull soft teenage porn
  
  Yes some cute guys in it. but that really does not make up for the poor acting amd lame story. There are other gay film makers that can do art house and do good... read more »
  
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- - dougthom
  - 237 reviews
  - Brighton,UK
  - 03 Dec 2010 at 22:08
- - 0
  - 1
  low budget, poor acting. Dire...
  
  the idea of the film was clever but the acting was wooden and forced, the props cheap and nasty. Even on fast-forward, this was painful to watch. Don't ... read more »
  
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  - OXON
  - 04 Jun 2010 at 09:42
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  A Catholic bishop is taken hostage in a prison by his boyhood friend, Simon, in 1952. Simon forces his boyhood friend to reenact the events that shaped both their lives forty years earlier. This intriguing love story won Best Canadian Film at the Montreal Film Festival, 4 Genie Awards (including ...